The sanctions were imposed on the Suleyman Sah Brigade and the Hamza Brigade, as well as three individuals, due to their involvement in human rights abuses, abductions, and looting against Kurds in Northern Syria and Afrin
The crackdown on media critical of the Turkish president and his government continues unabated with the official seizure of the country′s bestselling ″Zaman″ newspaper. With international criticism muted, many government critics fear the lights are about to finally go out for independent media. By Dorian Jones in Istanbul